When the petition by Sait to quash the proceedings before the special Judge came up for hearing before Justice K K Sasidharan, the Central government senior standing counsel Bhavani Subbarayan said it required four weeks' time to dispose of the file in the PMO.
The Judge, who recorded his statement, adjourned the petition to November 27.
He further directed the Special Judge before whom the final report was filed against Sait to adjourn the case before him to November 29 without insisting on the IPS officer's personal appearance till that time.
Sait, who was IG intelligence between 2007 and 2011 in the DMK regime, is facing a case registered by Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-corruption (DVAC) after the change of the regime.
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In his petition, he has sought a stay on all further proceedings pending before the Special Judge at Ponneri. He had been issued summons for his personal appearance before the Ponneri Magistrate today.
Vijayanarayan, senior counsel for Sait, submitted that the Special Judge erred in taking cognisance without the sanction order.
Advocate General A L Somayaji submitted that the application for sanction was made to Union Home Ministry by the state government on August 3, 2012.
Even the clarification sought by the Union Home Ministry was submitted by the state government in December last year and reminders were sent to issue sanction order in June and August this year.
The AG further submitted that the Central Government was keeping the matter pending in spite of the law laid down by the Supreme Court.